Iceland or Glaucous Gull on Patuxent?

[LDF Hollister]

Large, all pale gull observed over marshes at Kings Landing Park in Calvert County this afternoon.

[James Tyler Bell]

Last year, my wife and I were visiting friends at Plum Point, south of Chesapeake Beach in Calvert County. There was a very pale gull that I immediately thought was either Iceland or Glaucous but it was actually a Great Black-backed Gull. I believe similar birds have been seen in various places in MD. A summering Iceland or Glaucous would be pretty rare!


https://www.flickr.com/photos/8671193@N08/22730590254/in/dateposted-public/

Tyler Bell
jtyle...@yahoo.com
California, Maryland



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